Jim Harbaugh: Justin Herbert shook off a "hit that would have killed a lesser man"

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said after watching the tape of the Week One win over the Chiefs that he couldn’t be prouder of quarterback Justin Herbert.

“Incredible game by Justin Herbert,” Harbaugh said. “Tremendous play by the quarterback.”

Harbaugh specifically singled out the toughness of Herbert in shaking off a brutal hit when he was sacked by Kansas City’s Drue Tranquill. Herbert got right back up and on the next play completed a third-and-long pass that let the Chargers convert a fourth down and keep their drive alive.

“That huge hit on Justin, the kind of hit that would have killed a lesser man. That’s how big that hit was. Let’s be honest about that,” Harbaugh said. “And then our guy, Justin Herbert, gets right back in the huddle and it’s third-and-14 and hits Quentin Johnston,